ATLMovie Attributes Sample: Uses Compiler COM Support and Active Movie Interfaces in an ATL Control

The ATLMovie attributes sample is an ATL control that demonstrates how to use compiler COM support and the Active Movie interfaces to play a movie. It implements several COM properties and methods on its IMovieCtl interface.

The ATLMovie sample is the nonattributed version of this sample.

Security Note

This sample code is provided to illustrate a concept and should not be used in applications or Web sites, as it may not illustrate the safest coding practices.

Building and Running the Sample

To build and run this sample

  1. Open the solution file ATLMovie.sln.

  2. From the Build menu, click Build.

  3. After the sample builds, open MovieCtl.htm in your Web browser. This will play the clock.avi file, which ships with Windows.

    You may need to edit MovieCtl.htm and update the line:

    MovieCtl.FileName = "C:\Winnt\Clock.AVI"

    to point to the location of the Clock.AVI file on your particular system.

Properties and Methods

Properties

Name Description

FileName

The file name of the movie to play.

Methods

Name Description

Pause

Pause the currently playing movie.

Play

Play the movie pointed to by the FileName property.

Reset

Reset the playing position to the beginning of the movie.

Stop

Stop the movie.

Attributes

This sample uses the following attributes:

coclass, dual, emitidl, helpstring, id, in, module, object, oleautomation, pointer_default, progid, propput, registration_script, threading, uuid

Keywords

This sample uses the following keywords:

BEGIN_COM_MAP; BEGIN_MSG_MAP; BEGIN_OBJECT_MAP; BEGIN_PROPERTY_MAP; CComCoClass; CComControl; CComModule::GetClassObject; CComModule::GetLockCount; CComModule::Init; CComModule::RegisterServer; CComModule::Term; CComModule::UnregisterServer; CComObjectRootEx; COM_INTERFACE_ENTRY; COM_INTERFACE_ENTRY_IMPL; COM_INTERFACE_ENTRY_IMPL_IID; CreateBrushIndirect; CreateFilterGraph; CWindow::GetDC; DECLARE_REGISTRY_RESOURCEID; DeleteObject; DisableThreadLibraryCalls; END_COM_MAP; END_MSG_MAP; END_OBJECT_MAP; END_PROPERTY_MAP; FillRect; GetProperty; IDispatchImpl; IMediaControlPtr::Pause; IMediaControlPtr::Release; IMediaControlPtr::RenderFile; IMediaControlPtr::Run; IMediaControlPtr::Stop; IMediaPositionPtr::CurrentPosition; IMediaPositionPtr::Duration; IObjectSafetyImpl; IOleControlImpl; IOleInPlaceActiveObjectImpl; IOleInPlaceObjectWindowlessImpl; IOleInPlaceObjectWindowlessImpl::SetObjectRects; IOleObjectImpl; IPersistStorageImpl; IPersistStreamInitImpl; IProvideClassInfo2Impl; IVideoWindowPtr ::Owner IVideoWindowPtr::.CreateInstance; IVideoWindowPtr::Owner ; IVideoWindowPtr::SetWindowPosition; IVideoWindowPtr::Visible ; IVideoWindowPtr::WindowStyle ; IViewObjectExImpl; MESSAGE_HANDLER; OBJECT_ENTRY; OffsetRect; OleTranslateColor; Reset; SetWindowPosition; SysFreeString

Note

Some of the samples, such as this one, have not been modified to reflect the changes in the Visual C++ wizards, libraries, and compiler, but still demonstrate how to complete your desired task.